(subset) [PATCH 1/3] powerpc/64s/interrupt: Fix decrementer storm

Michael Ellerman patch-notifications at ellerman.id.au
Sat Jan 29 22:14:27 AEDT 2022


On Tue, 25 Jan 2022 00:39:28 +1000, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
> The decrementer exception can fail to be cleared when the interrupt
> returns in the case where the decrementer wraps with the next timer
> still beyond decrementer_max. This results in a decrementer interrupt
> storm. This is triggerable with small decrementer system with hard
> and soft watchdogs disabled.
> 
> Fix this by always programming the decrementer if there was no timer.
> 
> [...]

Patch 1 applied to powerpc/fixes.

[1/3] powerpc/64s/interrupt: Fix decrementer storm
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/8defc2a5dd8f4c0cb19ecbaca8d3e89ab98524da

cheers


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